One of Florida Home Builders Association’s most revered members – Arthur Rutenberg of Clearwater – suddenly passed away March 29, 2017 at the age of 89. Originally from Chicago, Rutenberg moved to Florida in 1953 and began building homes. An astute businessman and innovative builder, he’s since pioneered home building franchises and designed revolutionary custom…
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More than 30 overall excellence in construction design and merit awards were presented at the Collier Building Industry Association’s (CBIA) 2017 Multi-Site Parade of Homes (POH) awards breakfast held Friday, March 3, 2017 at the Hilton Naples. According to 2017 CBIA Multi-site POH committee chairperson Jo Carter of The Interior Design Broker, 130 homebuilders, architects
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (Office) today launched an Assignment of Benefits (AOB) resource webpage with information to educate Florida’s consumers about changes needed to discourage fraudulent AOB activity. The new webpage provides a sobering projection of insurance rate increases homeowners can expect to see in the next five years without any legislative reform.
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Among the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency is the elimination of federal funding for the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Program and a shift of funding responsibility to the state and local level, according to a memorandum from the EPA reviewed by Remodeling magazine…read more
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On April 6th, the Florida House passed several improvements to its workers’ compensation proposal out of the Commerce Committee. The Florida Chamber of Commerce was there to champion the voice of job creators and defeat trial lawyer amendments that would have taken Florida’s workers’ comp system backward. The Florida Chamber’s Workers’ Comp Task Force has
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Wow! What an experience in Tallahassee last week. We had over 100 FHBA members converge on the Capitol, engaged in grassroots lobbying on behalf of FHBA priorities, and, on Tuesday, observed seven legislative committee hearings on FHBA priorities. The highlight of the event was FHBA President’s, Jeremy Stewart, presentation to the House Careers and Competition
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FHBA is pleased to announce that nominations for the awards listed below are open and that winners will be announced during the 2017 Southeast Building Conference (SEBC) in July. The actual award ceremony will be held during our Fall Leadership Conference (October 19-21 at the Sawgrass Golf and Resort in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL). Past
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MBV Engineering, Inc. has been a member of HBCA since 2013. MBV joined the HBCA for business networking opportunities with the local homebuilders and contractors, as well as other construction related industry leaders. Bruce Moia, President of MBV, has been an active member of the HBCA Government Affairs committee, is currently the Chairman of the
Home Builders and Contractors Association of Brevard Highlight! Read More »
NAHB achieved a major victory in late February when President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to begin the process of rescinding or revising the overly burdensome “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule. With this action, Trump honored a campaign promise he made to home
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